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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

October 1991

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 829Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 830Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 81Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 82Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 83Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 84Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 85Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 86Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 87Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingCold Dew9Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 917Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 918Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 919Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 920Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 921Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 922Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 923Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteFrost Descent24Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 925Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 926Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 107Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, October 17, 1991

Lunar 一九九一年 · 九月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Cold Dew

    Wed

    1991-10-09

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1991-10-17

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1991-10-24

    In 7 days

  4. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1991-11-08

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

寒露 → 霜降

Year cycle

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊戌

九月初十

Day cycle

庚申

石榴木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMove the hearthWelcome a household memberOpen for business

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Set a bedBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲寅)虎 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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